An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 338
/, and produce it or /D to meet ABor BA in h ; then if tlie points D and h fall upon opposite sides of the ordinate BC, thecurve is an ellipsis; but if D and h fall upon tlie same side of the ordinate BC, the curvewill be an hyperbola. If D/ (No. 3.) be parallel to AB, the curve will be a… … Sect V. DESCRIPTIVE GEO^IETRV. 1110. The term Descriptive Geometry, first used by iMongc and other French geometersto express that part of the science of geometry which consists in the application of geometricalrules to the representation of the figures and the various relations of the forms of…
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